Ando simply skipped over the topic and calculated the timing. Yugito Nii and the others should be arriving soon. Since Kirigakure seemed to be carrying out some sort of plan lately, they had not interrogated Ando right away. Compared to Zabuza and Haku, he was still in much better condition.
Sure enough, almost as soon as Ando finished speaking, Zabuza and Haku heard an unmistakable explosion.
"Just as expected. It's Yugito Nii and the others."
Ando secretly rejoiced. He still could not judge where Zabuza and Haku stood, but judging by their miserable state, they probably were not allied with Kirigakure.
"Everyone, get ready. If we make it out alive, we'll have plenty of questions for you..."
Things were proceeding according to plan. Yugito Nii and the others had come to rescue him, so Ando could not drag them down.
Most of Kirigakure was now steeped in an unusual deathly silence, but the prison was an exception. At the very least, there were still plenty of living people here.
Prisoners and guards together formed a place that seemed relatively lively. Funny enough, Kazeki thought the prison was the liveliest place in Kirigakure.
"An intruder! Alert! We have an intruder! All units, prepare yourselves!"
In an instant, alarms blared as dense footsteps echoed throughout the prison. There truly were far more people here than outside, as though the prison were the real village.
Yugito Nii and Kazeki moved through the skies above Kirigakure. The prison's location was not particularly conspicuous. It lay underground, its structure somewhat similar to Orochimaru's Underground Palace, yet nothing about its exterior suggested it was a prison.
That was only natural. Who would build a place for holding prisoners somewhere especially conspicuous?
She did not waste words. Her signature black-blue flames scattered like falling feathers. Bathed in